19/08/2016 - Ten titles are in competition, while a slew of preview screenings are on the programme of the ninth Francophone Film Festival, which gets going on Tuesday next week

On Tuesday next week, the event movie The Odyssey [+see also:
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Jointly chaired by actress Virginie Efira and Gilles Jacob (a former president of the Cannes Film Festival), the jury will have to weigh up the ten titles in competition, which include such films as The Stopover [+see also:
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interview: Delphine and Muriel Coulin
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film profile] by Daouda Coulibaly, Souvenir [+see also:
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film profile] by Luxembourg’s Bavo Defurne (read the news – released on 21 December), Noces [+see also:
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interview: Stephan Streker
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interview: Claude Barras
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interview: Sacha Wolff
film profile] by Sacha Wolff (Europa Cinemas Label – released on 5 October).

Standing out among the preview screenings are the winner of the Cannes Grand Prix, It’s Only the End of the World [+see also:
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interview: Justine Triet
film profile] by Justine Triet (which opened the Critics’ Week on the Croisette), Ceasefire [+see also:
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film profile] by Emmanuel Courcol, A Bun in the Oven [+see also:
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film profile] by Nadège Loiseau, Heaven Will Wait [+see also:
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film profile] by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Scribe [+see also:
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film profile] by Thomas Kruitof, La taularde [+see also:
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film profile] by Audrey Estrougo, Ouvert la nuit [+see also:
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film profile] by Edouard Baer, Tamara [+see also:
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film profile] by late filmmaker Pascal Chaumeil, Il a déjà tes yeux [+see also:
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film profile] by Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Going to Brazil [+see also:
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film profile] by Patrick Mille, Maman a tort [+see also:
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film profile] by Marc Fitoussi, Iqbal, A Tale of a Fearless Child [+see also:
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film profile] by Michel Fuzellier and Babak Payami, and Toril [+see also:
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interview: Laurent Teyssier
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Also of note are the "Premier rendez-vous" section, which includes Daydreams [+see also:
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interview: Caroline Deruas
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film profile] by Stéphanie Pillonca-Kervern and the comedy Venise sous la neige [+see also:
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film profile] by Elliot Covrigaru; a programme dubbed "Les flamboyants", comprising Corniche Kennedy [+see also:
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interview: Dominique Cabrera
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interview: Rachid Djaïdani
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film profile] by Karim Dridi; an up-close and personal look at distributor Les Films du Losange; and a Focus dedicated to director Catherine Corsini, among other events.

(Translated from French)